That'd be a "yes" on the game and a "maybe" on the Arkham style. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows looks to me more like a modern-day update of the old arcade game, with four turtles beating up hordes of enemies. Either way, it looks fun, with unique weapons moves, double and even quadruple team moves, and Raph busting out a li'l pro-wrasslin' action. The turtle designs are based on the current cartoon, but done semi-realistically, which suggests an interesting visual twist (and, let's hope, more detailed toys, or at least game-based repaints).

After the jump, check out a loop of pre-alpha gameplay footage with additional information via commentary from IGN's Mitch Dyer and Rich George.

The fact that this game is described as having been "inspired" by the recent cartoon instead of, say, actually being based on the hit cartoon sadly strikes me as a bad sign. Like someone suggested "Arkham City, but with Ninja Turtles" at a board meeting right before everyone did a load of cocaine, but then thought that unless it was more "realistic" (a word I f***ing hate more & more in gaming these days), it wouldn't be taken seriously. I mean, cartoons? What gamers actually like cartoons?

Also, you'll be less optimistic about the visual twist when you see the designs up close. I mean, Michelangelo's head basically looks like a watermelon with the soulless husk of a face carved into it. And that's the revised, improved version of it.

@SlyDante777 Supposedly they have fixed things, white eyes, and other things. Well see. The new cartoon is not too bad so I will hold off on judging that yet. I am worried it will be one of those games where you hit the A button 20 times and they do their own fight combos. I want complete control, not semi-control.

Also, again, this is supposedly just "inspired" by the new cartoon. As in, the cartoon that's already damn awesome as is & would make for a great game, not as in a version that just picks & chooses what parts it wants to play with while blatantly ignoring the whole "cartoon" part that actually makes it awesome in the first place.

You can still be optimistic if you want, but consider me skeptical. And considering the number of games I can get excited for, that could be saying something.

@Gallen_Dugall@Regular_Stormy I'm sure I would like them too, but that requires a complete shift in my gaming setup, what with the no internet and all. Hell, I can't afford internet after all the phone calls I made to the 99c/minute tip hotline I had to do for Skyrim. It was like 9 million minutes!! This was a joke.